Two of the new patients travelled with a woman whose asymptomatic case was announced last Wednesday; all are in isolation in Coloane.
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While Hong Kong is cutting time to 14 days and a week’s self-health management, city health chief says Omicron and Delta still present significant threat.
The cavalcade of visitors over Easter and Ching Ming is pointing to even better numbers in future and fuelling hopes for the city’s economic revival.
Bigger numbers helped by a massive influx of mainlanders who favour the Individual Visit Scheme.
Macao recorded 5.89 million visitor arrivals last year, a year-on-year drop of 85.0%.
The police recorded 69.55 million entries and exits by locals and visitors at the city’s border checkpoints last year, a 64.2% decrease from 2019.
From 6 am today, all those arriving in Macao from Hong Kong must present a nucleic acid test certificate confirming that they have tested negative for Covid-19 within the past 72 hours, otherwise they will be refused entry.
From 6 am today, all arrivals who have been in Urumqi (the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region) and Dalian (a city in Liaoning province) within 14 days prior to their entry into Macao must undergo 14 days of quarantine and medical observation at one of the government’s “quarantine hotels”.
The local airport’s passenger volume is expected to reach 9.5 to 9.6 million this year, a 17% increase from last year.
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